An Indigenous / Non-Eurocentric Viewpoint on Folklore and Mythology May Be Needed to Better Make Sense of Abductions
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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/toremtora on 2023-08-05 19:17:23.
Hi all. Long-time lurker, first-time poster.
Based on some recommendations listed here, I began to read Ardy Sixkiller Clarke’s book ‘Sky People’. Recently, I have been very interested in how ufology and folklore (particularly First Nation / Native American and Amerindian) intersect.
I feel as if these Non-Eurocentric sources tend to be lost in translation, either from a reluctance to share the information or from plain disbelief.
Now, I wonder on there being a Caribbean connection, too.
In ‘Sky People’, an alien is described as "walking backwards". In Caribbean folklore, we have the ‘douen'. Descriptions tend to vary a little from island to island, but there are a few common charact